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1 English

1.1 Adjective

1.1.1 Synonyms
1.1.2 Antonyms
1.1.3 Translations

3.1.1 Synonyms
3.1.2 Antonyms
3.1.3 Translations

4 Tok Pisin

4.1 Preposition

English

Adjective

long (longer, longest)

The state of having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions.
- Long in horizontal dimension is usually said wide.
- Long in the positive vertical dimension is usually said tall. Negative vertical dimension is referred to as deep.
In finance -- possessing or owning stocks, bonds or other financial instruments.

Synonyms

tall, high, wide, broad, deep

Antonyms

short, low, narrow, slim, shallow

Translations

Dutch: lang, lange
French: long m, longue f
Finnish: pitkä
German: lang (1)
Japanese: 長い (ながい, nagai)
Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠲᠤ (urtu)
Persian: بُلَند (bolænd)
Polish: długi m, długa f, długie n
Portuguese: longo m, longa f; comprido m, comprida f
Romanian: lung m, lungă f
Slovak: dlhý m, dlhá f, dlhé n
Spanish: largo m, larga f
Swedish: lång (1)

Verb

to long

to await, to aspire, to want (for something to occur)
She longed for him to come back

Translations

Dutch: verlangen
Finnish: ikävöidä
German: verlangen, ersehnen
Polish: pragnąć, tęsknić, wzdychać do
Portuguese: ansiar por, suspirar por
Romanian: a tânji
Slovak: cnieť
Swedish: längta

Dutch

Noun

long (plural: longen, diminutive: longetje, plural diminutive: longetjes)

organ that extracts oxygen from the air

Translations

English: lung

French

Adjective

long m (longue f, longs m, pl, longues f, pl

The state of having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Long usually applies to horizontal dimensions.

Synonyms

grand, haut, large, épais, profond

Antonyms

court, bas, étroit, mince

Translations

English: long

Tok Pisin

Preposition

long

to, toward, into
in, at, near

WordNet Definitions

one

1. long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long").

one

1. hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently).

ten

1. long (vs. short) -- (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long").
2. long (vs. short) -- (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long").
3. long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows").
4. long (vs. short) -- (holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold").
5. long (vs. short) -- (of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')).
6. long -- (used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration).
7. long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds").
8. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory").
9. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues").
10. long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply").

two

1. long -- (for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime").
2. long -- (for an extended distance).

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